Boeing Settles Eight More Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max Civil Cases

Boeing Co. on Wednesday reached eight more settlement agreements related to a 2019 Ethiopian Airlines disaster that killed all 157 passengers and crew, according to court documents.

A 2019 civil complaint alleged Boeing’s flight control system for the aircraft used on the flight, a new Boeing 737 MAX 8, was “unreasonably dangerous” and had a “defective design” that erroneously pushed the aircraft’s nose downward. The crash occurred minutes after takeoff.

“As a condition of the settlement, the parties have agreed to keep the amount of the settlement confidential,” said the agreements, which were substantially similar to each other.

Boeing stipulated ...